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Ron Wiley laughs when people ask his age. He tells them, "I started in radio in 1967, you figure it out." April 1 marks three decades doing mornings, six days a week, on KQNG-FM, 93.5, Kauai, HI.

There were multiple reports out this weekend that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger might be giving up his weekly, in-season appearances on Entercom's 93.7 The Fan (KDKA) in Pittsburgh.

Our series continues today with Kevin Malone, Market Manager for Community Broadcasters in Destin-Fort Walton Beach. Before taking over the four-station "Emerald Coast" cluster, Malone was GSM/RVP for Cumulus in Atlanta.

As you know, Monday is April Fool’s Day. Broadcast Attorney David Oxenford wants to remind everyone not to allow the joke to be on them by forgetting the FCC’s Hoax Rule.

(By Laurie Kahn) Creating and working on a talent pipeline is crucial to your future success, as our unemployment rate remains low. Many stations today are facing a staff full of Boomers, who will retire in the next 10 years. Those will all create openings which will be difficult to refill when they depart.

(By Charlie Sislen) The goal is to show advertisers where they can diversify their budgets for greater reach. In many cases, a radio cluster will have a better total reach than any local television station.

(By Ronald Robinson) Recently, pundits have been doing very little to restrain their delight at the diminishing audience penetration of television. The implication has been that television’s loss will, somehow, be transformed into radio’s gain.

(By Bob McCurdy) How “meaningful” are we to our clients and how much “value” do we generate for them? Do you bring stun-and-awe professional value to the clients with whom you work? Would they agree? Has this value been increasing each year?

1010 WINS Sports Director and AM Drive Host Marc Ernay(left), Weiss Agency EVP Heather Cohen and JVC CEO John Caracciolo were all inducted into The Hofstra Hall of Fame this past weekend. 1010 WINS AM News Anchor Lee Harris (r) a previous inductee was the MC.

It's been radio's calling card forever. What makes radio different is the local connection. Radio can outperform every competitor by excelling at local. We also hear that content is king. So, does it really matter if you're local with bad content, when you can pipe in a strong and successful syndicated show?